Ring Found After Play Sparks Engagement Tale
A Brooklyn woman Mina Armstrong and Mr. Tuthill, introduced by a mutual friend, rekindled romance after she found a valuable ring missing at the playhouse. A note in the box office led to the ring’s return and their growing friendship, culminating in an engagement and winter wedding in Brooklyn.
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Rooklyn
Tuthill
Wilfred
Tim
New York Vt
Tuthili
Oecur
Brookln
Use of Tobacco Barred by Pittsburgh Steel Works
Pittsburgh steel plants ban tobacco during working hours following a 1917 style campaign. The United States Steel Corp aligns with the American Bridge Co in pushing contraband tobacco within Amiga and other plants, as workers face moral standard enforcement.
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Steel Trust
American Bridge Company
Carnegie
United States Steel Corporation
Astlon
Pittsburgh
United States ‘Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Pitts
Amiga
Rat Defies Three Big Men Atop Clifton Store
Four men and a dog tackle a giant rat that attacked butcher William H. Baker at Councilman Bernard Doherty’s store in Clifton Heights. The rodent sat on the counter, leaped at Baker, and caused a scuffle before Doherty’s door was closed and the terrier Jack arrived, killing the creature nearly as big as a cat.
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Clifton Heighto
Wiliam H. Baker
Bernard Doherty
Baker
Doherty
Chage
Jack
Remarkable Tumble in a 29-Story Builder Scene
The Yankeeourist recounted grim scenes as a 29 story building window cleaner fell from a top window. Onlookers called it a miracle he survived when the man tumbled and dropped to the ground. A quiet figure doubted the dire misfortune, noting the fall might be considered lucky in the London press.
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London
Lapawern
Polly privateer ends long service in Amesbury park
The Polly privateer schooner, built in Amesbury in 1804, after 107 years of near continuous service, is condemned and placed in the Amesbury park. Renowned along the Atlantic coast for exploits from Bermudas to Halifax, she survived British pursuit and has sailed the world, even serving as a private yacht and rounding the Horn.
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Polly
Amesbury
Masa
Atlantic Canal
England
Atlantic
Hat Souls
Tee Ward
Bermudas
Atlantic Company
Halifax
New England
Outing Outfit Satchel Found In Paladena Beach Area
A lady's handbag was found near Pair Oaks and Colorado Street in Paredenn Cal Ghiel Wood te to. The bag contained a blonde curl set, six sachets, talcum powder, a wire netting piece, two novels, three sandwiches, a lettuce leaf, a bathing suit and an Anger wall fle. Detective Schultz concluded the satchel likely belongs to a Panadena woman bound for the beach. The owner is urged to call police headquarters.
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Ghiel Wood
Pair Oaks
Colorado Street
Teg
Schultz
Pittsburgh boy hides pennies from hoard refuse payment
Eight year old Sylvester Taginaki was found to have a hidden hoard valued at $1.46 in pennies after a coal tipple accident. The doctor refused payment for medical care and praised the boy's bravery. Princeton plans a new physical culture system requiring swimming and self aid training for all students under Dr. Joseph H. Raycroft.
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Pittsburgh
Pinallrrome Ooneraunt
Sylvester Taginaki
Pringhton
Princeton
Annapolis
West Point
Joseph H. Raycroft
University of Chicago
Skyrocket romance ends in marriage in Ashland
A St Louis romance led to marriage in Ashland between George Mold Jr of Alton and Mina Sophia Bindell. While working at a fireworks factory in St Louis, Mold filled an order for George Bindell of Artevian, N M, formerly of Alton. On a rocket he wrote a pledge to marry the finder. Miss Bindell discovered the rockets, found the note, and the wedding soon followed.
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St. Louis
St Lois
Ashland
Orr
George Mold, Jr
Alton
Mina Sophia Bindell
Mold
St Louis
George Bindell
Artevian
N. M
George Mold
BL Levin
Miss Bindell
A Shanty Witch and a Wall Street Wife
A Desalinist recalls a cottage in Weetchgster once a war headquarters. A wife uncovers its historic value and wartime links. Citizens contribute small sums to fix the decayed home, fund new biographies and weatherboard repairs, turning the place into a memorial and an investment in history.
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Desalinist
Lberary Society
Wall Street
Comedian’s Whisker Jokes Stir Farm Crowd At Nola Chucky
De Wolt Hopper recalls a campaign stop in Nola Chucky where farmers with long whiskers filled a hotel lobby. He jokes about whiskers as protection from cold and chaos as the crowd rises to a playful challenge about “the one with the whiskers.”
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de’ Wolt Hopper
Nelmonico
Nola Chucky
Halla
Historic French cathedral in Quebec dates from 1667
The French cathedral in Quebec, one of North Americas oldest churches, houses master works including a Van Dyck crucifixion painted in 168 and relics stored in two vaults. The collection, saved from Paris during the 1792 revolution, includes bones of over 400 saints, pieces of the true cross, crown of thorns, the infant Jesus cradle, and relics linked to the crucifixion and holy mother.
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Amer Fca
Quebec
Canada
van Dyck
Paris
Abbe Dea Jardins
North America
The Figure of the Law Outcry After Street Fight Arrest
A New York gangster causes a scene after being arrested during a street fight. Ward leaders bail him out as friends celebrate his release with sharp talk about police and punishment. The gangster insists he sees only the man on the beach when confronted, while warning others to avoid trouble with officers.
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New York
Pollesman
Keups
Hila
Seo
Fragmentary 19th Century Echoes and a Paris Meeting Tale
The text recalls questions about what signers of the Declaration pledged, mentions Napoleon’s era and a century old memory. It notes Mme Milloe, widow, with parents at Fontainebleau, recalling a palace park meeting with Napoleon as a child and a lingering recollection until death.
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Napoleon J
Jacato Facy
Troyes
Mme. Milloe
Fontainebleau
Napoleon
Milloe
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